St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-16
You Can Secure One, As Usual, While
Waiting for the Train to Come
Along.
Acting Gov. Mccormack Vetoes the Bill
Raising the Residence Limit to
Year.
And AS Before, Ninety Days in the
Territory Gives Applicants
Legal Status.
Mr.. Wetser's Woes---Tom ElIfott's
Railroad BiIl--General North
western Intelligence.
Special to the Globe.

Yankton. 1t repealed the divorce law,
providing that the plaintiff in divorce case
must reside one year instead of ninety
days in the territory before commencing
suit. The acting governor returned the
Dill with his veto accompanied bya message
III Which were embodied the following
reasons for the veto:
have the honor to inform the council that
! herewith return council bill 90 without my
approval. l find in the bill no provision
made for cases now pending in court, and
under the requirements of the bill, should it
become law, the judges in the various
courts might be prohibited from granting a
divorce even in cases where considerable ex-
penSe has been incurred and the require
ments of the existing laws fully complied
with. While I need not question the power
of the legislature to
EXTEND THE PERIOD
of time within which a resident of the terri
toIy may commence an action for divorce,
much as / might question the propriety of
the exercise of that power, it seems to me
that sufficient grounds exist to warrant me
in Withholding my approval of this measure.
First, because it contains no provision re-
pealing existing law as to when such actions
Shall be commenced Second. it does not on
its face assume to preserve the existing rights
of persons now entitled to remedy by actions
of divorce in the courts of the territory.
Third, it prescribes not merely the time when
che action shall be commenced, but declares
the time when the decree shall be granted.
For these reasons l feel it my duty to with
hold my sanction of this measure.
Mr.. Smith introduced this bill on the
strength of a petition bearing $500 names.
The law still remains as it was, and it is so
lenient that man can get divorce in the
territory between trains. The territory is
haven Of refuge for those who find matri-
mony's bonds CALLING, and the lawyers are
perfectly satisfied with the law as it stands.
as it tends to help out their annual in
comes. 1t is improbable that another bill
of that nature will be introduced during
this session. However, some members of
the house or council may desire to test Gov.
Church's position on this question when he
has assumed control. An attempt was
made 10 pass the bill over the veto, but it
did not win and the bill was lost.
WEISER'S CAVE OF GLOOM.
Councilman Weiser is probably the wild
est man to-day in the Dakota legislature.
A few days ago he introduced a railroad
and warehouse bill into the council. giving
power to a certain extent to control the
management of warehouses and railroads to
the railroad commissioners, and compelling
the railroads to build side tracks to the
warehouses of farmers along the line Of the
road. This bill was given its second read
ing and referred to the judiciary committee.
1t is understood that Mr.. Weiser was as
sured that his bill would be rushed through
the council with whoop by the Yankton
people if he would stand by them in holding
the United States court and help
kill the court removal bill.
The Yankton people deny this.
However. it is a fact, and one that puzzled
his friends in the third house. that Mr.
fho rtf>,,t
the fight over Smiths motion yesterday to
take the court bill from the hands Of the
Judiciary committee. Last evening the
Mitchell men and North Dakota people
were trying to get Weiser to stand with
them. but he refused to do so, and is said
to have told his solicitors that they had
..peeped too late" These North Dakota
men who stand together are a firm and re-
vengeful set, and when one of their num-
sber is found straying from the fold they re-
sort to eXtremitles to whip him into line.
And this is about the treatment that Mr..
Weiser received to-day, for his bill was re-
ported by the committee, the rules sus-
pended and the bill put on its passage. 1t
was killed very dead. and Mr.. Weiser is
NOT IN A HUMOROUS MOOD,
while the Mitchell men and North Dakota
representatives who are helping them, are
quietly grinning up their sleeves and look
over to the disconnected Meiser as if to say:
"You wont. will you?" 1t was thought
that the judiciary committee would refuse
to comply with the demand of the council
to report the Mitchell court removal bill
until they choose to, as they had the meas
me in their possession, and the only
way the council could get it out of
their hands would be to call in tine militia,
but it is given out to-day that the bill will
be reported tomorrow, and if it is there
will be the liyelest cat haul that
has yet marked the proceedings of
this body. The Mitchell faction
have about given up the hope of the bill
passing, though Mentzer. being little
fighter in the house, claims that he is still
confident of victory. Even if the bill
passes both houses it will have to be ap-
proved by the governor before it becomes a
law. 1t will probably be given to Gov.
Church instead of Acting Gov. Mccormack,
and the chances are that he will approve
the bill if he is given an opportunity.
LOCAL OPTION.
There is liable to be more fun over
Fletcher's local option bill than has been
anticipated. 1t passed the house in calm,
serene fashion, and is now in the hands of
the council and will probably be acted OIL
by them Friday or Saturday. 1t is said
that body of lobbyists are enroute here
from jamestown, who come in the
interests of the liquor dealers and
brewers of that city to fight the
bill! and whatever other temperance meas
ures show up. 1t is said meeting of the
saloon element and brewers was held in
jamestown yesterday, and money to be used
for this purpose subscribed. 1t won't be
hard for these lobbyists to find out where
the bill is, but it will be exceedingly hard
for them to kill it, as the hackers OF
Matthews division bill propose to use it to
help out their scheme to draw out q vote
when the question of division is submitted
to the people. There is an exceedingly
strong temperance element in both branches
of the legislature. and, although many of
them enjoy quiet hour with their cup be-
hind the scenes, they greatly hate to go on
record as countenancing any such habit.
NEW MEASURES.
The following bills were introduced in
the house to-day:
Hubbard, bill to prevent agents or attor-
news from contracting for loan Of money or
making such loan at an Illegal rate of in
t-rest. including commissions; Burnham, an
acr declaring dogs to be personal property
and subject to taxation; Mallory, bill pro-
yidinC that in cases OF usury both principal
and interest shall be forfeited upon convic-
tiop: Jones, bill prohibiting the sale or
handling of hogs having hog cholera or other
infectious diseases.
Not a bill was introduced in the council
and no bill of particular Importance was
passed.
THE RAILROAD BILL.
Tom Elliott is having hard work in his
efforts to get his railroad bill before the
bonse. Tt has been held prisoner long
time by the committee, and after they re-
Torted it to the house it was postponed
from day to day, and when it was called Ut